Question

Emile durkheim believed that social norms helped to maintain social order. for example, he explains that suicide is a result of a lack of balance in an individual's social world and not an event that is based on an individual's free will. into which sociological theory does this best fit?

Answer 1

This is an example of structural-functional theory. It is because that theory explains of how one affects the other depending on how they work. They see the society in a more complex system rather than a different way in which how Emile thinks with how he explains the given example above. This theory most likely promotes stability.